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One of the sadder scenarios IMO is something like an 18-year-old having quasi-consensual sex with a 17-year-old (I say "quasi" just because by legal definition

One of the sadder scenarios IMO is something like an 18-year-old having quasi-consensual sex with a 17-year-old (I say "quasi" just because by legal definition it can't be consensual.) If convicted, the offender is branded a pedophile for life, but few people are going to consider what actually happened (and it's not documented publicly like the generic crime conviction is.) I don't know if it's really prevalent, but I know one anecdote that appeared to be like that. Some US States are making progress here, though -- see "Romeo and Juliet laws."

fapjacks 11y ago
One of my brother's good childhood friends was 18, his girlfriend 16. Both parents approved of the relationship. She stayed out too late one night (with her friends, not the boyfriend), and her parents called the police. Police track her down, but learn of the relationship with the 18-year-old. This was Kansas so it was then out of the parents' hands. He was was convicted of statutory rape, and still to this day (~20 years later) has to inform his neighbors whenever he moves. (wait for it) He is married to that same person, and they have three kids together. Registered sex offender for life.